Volume 4, Number 1, February 2009

The New Standard IEEE 1599 - Interacting with Music Contents by XML Symbols.

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  Denis L. Baggi, Goffredo Haus: Editorial. 1-2
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  Denis L. Baggi, Goffredo Haus: The New Standard IEEE 1599, Introduction and Examples. 3-8
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  Luca A. Ludovico: IEEE 1599: a Multi-layer Approach to Music Description. 9-14
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  Adriano Baratè: Real-time Interaction with Music Structures in IEEE 1599. 15-18
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  Antonello D'Aguanno, Giancarlo Vercellesi: Automatic Music Synchronization Using Partial Score Representation Based on IEEE 1599. 19-24
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  Elisa Russo: Multimedia Representation of Music Pieces Encoded in Symbolic Format: an Approach Based on Csound, MPEG-4, SuperCollider, CML, Chuck, IEEE 1599. 25-29
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  Alberto Pinto: Multi-model Music Content Description and Retrieval Using IEEE 1599 XML Standard. 30-39
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  Lorenzo Sommaruga, Denis Baggi: Towards a Semantic Web Based Model for the Tonal System in Standard IEEE 1599. 40-45

Volume 4, Number 2, April 2009

Advances in Interactive Digital Entertainment Technologies

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  Frederick W. B. Li, Ioannis P. Ivrissimtzis, Rynson W. H. Lau, Benjamin W. Wah: Guest Editors' Introduction: Advances in Interactive Digital Entertainment Technologies. 47-48
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  Benjamin W. Wah, Batu Sat: The Design of VoIP Systems With High Perceptual Conversational Quality. 49-62
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  Fan Ye, Enhong Chen, Qing Li, Xuxiang Chen: SPF-A*: Searching Multimedia Data in Heterogeneous Mobile P2P Network. 63-68
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  Changsheng Xu, Jian Cheng, Yi Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Hanqing Lu: Sports Video Analysis: Semantics Extraction, Editorial Content Creation and Adaptation. 69-79
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  Liam Don, Ioannis P. Ivrissimtzis: Multi-pen Sketch Recognition in a Learning Environment. 80-86
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  Yiwei Cao, Anna Glukhova, Ralf Klamma, Dominik Renzel: A Community Success Model for Gaming Communities. 87-93
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  Frederick W. B. Li, Jianmin Zhao, Beta Lam, Rynson W. H. Lau: An Efficient Method for Simulating Flexible Connectors. 94-100

Volume 4, Number 3, June 2009

Recent Advances in Electronic Commerce and Security & Web Information Systems and Applications - Track on Multimedia

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  Fei Yu, Chin-Chen Chang, Deng-Yi Zhang, Jiexian Zeng, Jun Zhang: Editorial. 101-103
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  Haibo Zhang, Xiaofei Wang, Youpeng Huang: A Novel Ideal Contrast Visual Secret Sharing Scheme with Reversing. 104-111
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  Chih-Ming Kung, Shu-Tsung Chao, Yen-Chen Tu, Yu-Hua Yan, Chih-Hsien Kung: A Robust Watermarking and Image Authentication Scheme used for Digital Contant Application. 112-119
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  Baokun Hu, Yusheng Liu, Shuming Gao, Jing Hu, Rui Sun: A Powerful Partial Relevance Feedback for 3D Model Retrieval. 120-128
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  Guangming Zhang, Zhiming Cui, Fanzhang Li, Jian Wu: DSA Image Fusion Based on Dynamic Fuzzy Logic and Curvelet Entropy. 129-136
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  Samaneh Ghandali, Mohsen Ebrahimi Moghaddam: Off-Line Persian Signature Identification and Verification Based on Image Registration and Fusion. 137-144
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  Xian-Ting Zeng, Lingdi Ping, Zhuo Li: Lossless Data Hiding Scheme Using Adjacent Pixel Difference Based on Scan Path. 145-152
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  Tanfeng Sun, Xinghao Jiang, Shusen Shi, Zhigao Lin, Guanglei Fu: A Novel Self-adaptation Differential Energy Video Watermarking Scheme in Copyright Protection. 153-160
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  Yuping Hu, Jun Zhang: A Secure and Efficient Buyer-Seller Watermarking Protocol. 161-168

Volume 4, Number 4, August 2009

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  Christos Tryfonas, Dimitris Papamichail, Andrew Mehler, Steven Skiena: Algorithms for Deterministic Call Admission Control of Pre-stored VBR Video Streams. 169-181
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  Ali Awde, Manolo Dulva Hina, Chakib Tadj, Yacine Bellik, Amar Ramdane-Cherif: An Adaptive Multimodal Multimedia Computing System for Presentation of Mathematical Expressions to Visually-Impaired Users. 182-195
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  Agnès Guerraz, Céline Loscos: Analysis of Haptics Evolution from Web Search Engines' Data. 196-203
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  Rajinda Senaratne, Saman K. Halgamuge, Arthur L. Hsu: Face Recognition by Extending Elastic Bunch Graph Matching with Particle Swarm Optimization. 204-214
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  Vani Jain, Ramazan Savas Aygün: Spatio-Temporal Querying of Video Content Using SQL for Quantizable Video Databases. 215-227
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  Asiya Khan, Lingfen Sun, Emmanuel C. Ifeachor: Content-Based Video Quality Prediction for MPEG4 Video Streaming over Wireless Networks. 228-239
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  Mina Koleini, S. Amirhassan Monadjemi, Payman Moallem: Film Colorization Using Texture Feature Coding and Artificial Neural Networks. 240-247
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  Liang-Hua Chen, Chih-Wen Su, Chi-Feng Weng, Hong-Yuan Mark Liao: Action Scene Detection with Support Vector Machines. 248-253
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  Hironori Matsumasa, Tetsuya Takiguchi, Yasuo Ariki, Ichao Li, Toshitaka Nakabayashi: Integration of Metamodel and Acoustic Model for Dysarthric Speech Recognition. 254-261

Volume 4, Number 5, October 2009

Multimodal Multimedia Retrieval

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  Mario Döller, Wo L. Chang, Jaime Delgado, Lionel Brunie: Guest Editorial. 263-265
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  Matthias Gruhne, Peter Dunker, Rubén Tous: Using the MPEG Query Format for Cross-Modal Identification. 266-276
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  Najlae Idrissi, José M. Martínez, Driss Aboutajdine: Bridging the Semantic Gap for Texture-based Image Retrieval and Navigation. 277-283
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  Kraisak Kesorn, Stefan Poslad: Semantic Restructuring of Natural Language Image Captions to Enhance Image Retrieval. 284-297
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  Maheshkumar H. Kolekar, Kannappan Palaniappan, Somnath Sengupta, Gunasekaran S. Seetharaman: Semantic Concept Mining Based on Hierarchical Event Detection for Soccer Video Indexing. 298-312
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  Chengcui Zhang, Wei-bang Chen, Xin Chen, Richa Tiwari, Lin Yang, Gary Warner: A Multimodal Data Mining Framework for Revealing Common Sources of Spam Images. 313-320
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  Eric Bruno, Stéphane Marchand-Maillet: Multimodal Preference Aggregation for Multimedia Information Retrieval. 321-329

Volume 4, Number 6, December 2009

Selected Best Papers of IITA 2008 - Track on Multimedia Information Processing

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  Qi Luo, Ben K. M. Sim, Jun Wang: Guest Editorial. 331-332
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  Hongwei Fu, Dongguang Li: The Application of Lateral Inhibition Model in Image's Contour Enhancement and Design of Its Electro-Model. 333-340
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  Bin Luo, Youqing Wu, Jin Tang, Wanli Lv, Wei Gu: Multiuser-based Gray-level Watermarking Sharing System. 341-348
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  Qiu-yu Zhang, Mo-yi Zhang, Jian-qiang Hu: Hand Gesture Contour Tracking Based on Skin Color Probability and State Estimation Model. 349-355
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  Gang Li, Zheng Liu, Chang-tao Chen, Feng-qing Han: A Method Based on Character Edge Color for Quick Locating Vehicle License Plate. 356-362
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  Qiaorong Zhang, Guochang Gu, Huimin Xiao: Image Segmentation Based on Visual Attention Mechanism. 363-370
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  Askar Hamdulla, Dilmurat Tursun, Guiying Xiang: A Particle Filter Based Algorithm for State Estimation of Dim Moving Point Targets in IR Image Sequence. 371-378
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  Jing Zhang, Haiying Wang, Yuting Su: Detection of Double-Compression in JPEG2000 Images for Application in Image Forensics. 379-388
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  Xinsheng Zhang, Hua Xie: Mammograms Enhancement and Denoising Using Generalized Gaussian Mixture Model in Nonsubsampled Contourlet Transform. 389-396
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  Weize Zhang, Ruofeng Tong, Jinxiang Dong: Boosting 2-Thresholded Weak Classifiers over Scattered Rectangle Features for Object Detection. 397-404
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  Mao-Quan Li, Zhengquan Xu, Yanyan Xu: A Robust Video Coding Scheme for Mobile Wireless Communications. 405-411
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  Huijian Han, Hengwu Li: Texture Mapping Based on Coefficient Map and Basic Texture Map. 412-418
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  Zhao Jingxiu, Liu Mingyan: A Color Image Edge Detection Method of Gradient Extreme Value Based on CLIP Model. 419-426
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  Jinyong Cheng, Yihui Liu: 3-D Reconstruction of Medical Image Using Wavelet Transform and Snake Model. 427-434
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  Jie Chen, Li-hui Zou, Juan Zhang, LiHua Dou: The Comparison and Application of Corner Detection Algorithms. 435-441
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  Guangmin Sun, Gang Li, Lei Xu, Jing Wang: The Location and Recognition of Chinese Vehicle License Plates under Complex Backgrounds. 442-449